Arcane Brilliance: Changes to the Fire tree

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Filed under: Mage , Patches , Analysis / Opinion , Blizzard , Features , Classes , Talents , (Mage) Arcane Brilliance Each week Arcane Brilliance Blinks behind you and hurls a Fireball full of Mage content up your tailpipe. It stings, yes, but the burning sensation is only temporary. Just wait until you see what the Warlock gave you. It’s nasty, and trust me when I say that it won’t be going away anytime soon. I’ve been neglecting Fire Mages, I’ll admit it. Before you wind up a Pyroblast and point it my way, hear me out. There’s a reason. Since we Mages stepped our flimsy, cloth-clad feet onto the shores of Northrend those several months ago, we’ve gone through a decent amount of changes. Unfortunately, very few of those changes were to the Fire tree. The news-making specs have been everyone’s favorite love-it/love-to-hate-it spec, Arcane, Frostfire, and to a lesser extent, Frost. With so much to report on regarding the other specs, Fire has sort of been put on the back burner (yes, you can expect more bad puns as we proceed–you have been warned). It still blows stuff up like it always has, but does so in as quiet and workmanlike a fashion as a spec that conjures enormous explosions can. Fire Mages are still out there, Fireballing away in relative obscurity while the next Mage over throws his flashy Arcane Barrages or Frostfire Bolts , but there aren’t as many as there once was. I became a little excited when we were told that Patch 3.1 would bring ” more survivability for Fire spec in PvP .” Though it wasn’t anything big or flashy, finally I might have something to report on regarding everybody’s favorite fire-starters. Then the PTR patch notes came and went , bearing with them no real Fire-related change to speak of. I keep forgetting that the PTR notes change by the day. PTR build 9658 has finally put Fire Mages back in the news. The changes aren’t anything huge on the surface, but they speak to a new direction in Blizzard’s design philosophy for the spec, and with any luck will lead to more changes. After the break, you’ll find the complete changes, along with a look at the current and future state of Fire Mages as a spec. You wear your flame-retardant gear, and so will I. Continue reading Arcane Brilliance: Changes to the Fire tree Arcane Brilliance: Changes to the Fire tree originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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